Refuse-burner



(No Model.)

T. MUNROE & H. PARK.

REFUSE BURNER.

No. 389,403. Patented Sept. 11, 1888.

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U scription in this connection.

UNITE STATES Trice.

THOMAS MUNROE AND HUGH PAR-K, OF MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN.

REFUSE-BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,403, datedFieptennbe: 11, 1888.

(No model.\

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, THOMAS MUNROE and HUGH PARK, citizens of the UnitedStates, residing at Muskegon, in the county of Muskcgen and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in RefuseBurners; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertaius to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to an improvement in refuse-burners, the objectthereof being to provide a ready and efficient means whereby the refusefrom all kinds of factories-such as planing-mills, &c.-can beeffectually disposed of with the least possible cost; and the inventionconsists in the constrm-tion, arrangement, and combination of parts,substantially as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating our invention, Figure l is aside elevation of our improved refuse-burner, showing the constructionand relative arrangement of the various parts. Fig. 2 is a verticalsection ofthe same.

A denotes a burner or furnace. It is preferably made of iron andprovided at its upper end with aspark-arrcster, 1' The size, shape, andstructure of the burner, however, may vary within widelimits withoutdeparting from the spirit of our invention, and the burner designated Ais shown here by way of example only in order to illustrate the mannerof car rying our invention into effect.

The invention is applicable equally well to all the different kinds offurnaces which are used for the purposes of burning or consuming refuse;hence we are confined to no particular form of furnace.

C denotes the device which is ordinarily termed a separator. This beinga device in common use, its construction and purpose will be obviouswithout need of detailed de- In the drawings the separator is shown asattached to the furnace or burner at about midway of its height.Suitable attaching means are employed for connecting it firmly to thefurnace. Into the separator the refuse from the machines in the millwith which our refuse-burner is employed is carried.

D indicates the connecting-pipe between the factory and the separator,through which the refuse is conveyed to the latter, said refuse beingforced through this pipe by means of a blower or other suitable device.(Not shown.) The separator is formed with the usual conical bottom andhas an opening, L, in the upper end to permit the escape of air. Theapex of the conical portion of the cone is formed with an opening, andto said apex is fastened a plate forming one halfofa hinged flange, 1*],the plate constituting the other half of said flange being fastened tothe upper end of the pipe F. These plates are provided with suitableclamps or other fastening means, whereby they can be securely heldtogether when desired.

The pipe F is bent or curved in such a n1auner that it may, whenproperly positioned, reach .from the open apex of the separator to thefurnace or burner A at a point where said furnace or burner is providedwith an opening. The lower end of the pipe F is furnished with a smallplate adapted to be fastened to a casting, H, riveted or otherwisesecured to the burner or furnace at the point where the openingjustmentioned is located. This opening is substantially equal in diameter tothe diam eter of the pipe F; hence it will be clearly perceived that bymeans of the pipe F a channel is provided between the separator and theburner, so that refuse which has been conveyed into the separator, andby means of the internal mechanism therein been driven down into thecone, can be conveyed thence into the burner and consumed. The pipe F,being hinged by means of the flange E, is adjustable, so that it may belocated in a position where it will serve to convey the refuse into theburner; orit may be changed out of this position into the position shownin dotted lines, where it is useless.

Attached to the burner A, immediately above the casting H, is a bracketcarrying a sheave, I, which is used for the purpose of upholding a chainor rope, one end of which is fastened to the side of the pipe F, whilethe lower end is secured to a plate, K, of proper size, shape, andstructure to adapt it for the purpose of closing the aperture at thecasting H. This plate will be used to close the aperture when the pipe Fhas been swung into the position shown in dotted lines, where it isdisconnected from the burner. Other equivalent means of closing theaperture in the burner may be devised without departing from the spiritof our invention.

It will be evident that when the pipe F is moved into the positionshown-in dotted lines the plate K will be automatically elevated, so asto close the aperture in the burner. In the practical use of ourimproved refuse-burner the refuse will be carried into the separatorthrough the pipe D, or whatever conduit may be provided forthe purpose.On entering the separator the refuse is forced downward under the actionof the mechanism therein toward the cone, and thence through the pipe Finto the bnrner,where it is consumed, while the air is permitted toescape through the outlet L in the upper end of the separator.

Whenever it is desired to carry away the refuse, however, instead ofburning it up, the

pipe F will be disconnected from the burner and caused to hang in theposition shown in dotted lines. This movement on the part of the piperaises the plate K to a position opposite the casting H, where it closesthe aperture in the burner. The refuse is now free to descend throughthe apex of the cone and fall upon the ground or into some vehicle orbox placed there to receive it. Moreover, when the machinery stops, itwill be found necessary to disconnect the pipe F, so as to prevent thefire within the burner from going up into the separator through the pipeD and reaching the mi 1.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the furnace or burner for consuming the refuse,the device known as a separator located in connection therewith, theconnecting-pipe hinged to the separator, and the movable cover for theopening in the furnace, said cover being connected to and operated bythe connecting pipe, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the furnace or burner, the separator, theconnecting-pipe hinged to the conical portion of the separator, themovable plate for closing the opening in the furnace, the connectingchain between the plate and the pipe, and the supporting-sheave for saidchain, all of said parts being arranged to operate substantially asdescribed.

3. The combination of the furnace or burner A, having an opening at H,separator G, having an air-outlet, L, and a conical bottom, the pipe F,hinged to the separator by means of flange E, and provided on its lowerend with plate G, the plate K, sheave I, and the rope or chain, allarranged substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

THOMAS MUNROE. HUGH PARK.

Witnesses:

GILBERT R. SHERMAN, TATE STARKE.

